23 Children Killed in Airstrikes on Maaret al-Numan in October 2012

Mustafa Al Syeed, who died in airstrikes

Mustafa Al Syeed, who died in airstrikes on Maaret al-Numan

Syrian government fighter jets killed 23 children in the village of Maaret al-Numan in an airstrike in October 2012.

Among those who died on Thursday died was a nine-month-old baby. According to correspondents, one child was decapitated while the body of a second, still on his bicycle, was pulled from the rubble.

Al Jazeera covered the story. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/10/20121018225224351381.html

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